Jake's Corner

CBS didn't waste any time in announcing DAVID LETTERMAN'S replacement. STEPHEN COLBERT will take over "The Late Show" sometime next year, although there's no specific timetable yet. CBS also confirmed that Stephen is dropping the super conservative character he plays on "The Colbert Report".

CRAIG FERGUSON is welcoming STEPHEN COLBERT to CBS, even though he probably wanted to be DAVID LETTERMAN'S successor. However, there's speculation that Craig had a clause in his contract that awarded him a payout of at least $5 MILLION if he wasn't given "The Late Show".

According to a new British survey, men want a woman with Megan Fox's face and Kim Kardashian's boobs. But women would rather have Cara Delevingne's face and Jennifer Aniston's boobs. –No shocker there!

Selena Gomez has fired her parents, who've been managing her career since she scored it big on the Disney channel. TMZ says Selena gave her mother and her stepfather the axe last month, because "she believes she's now old enough -- and famous enough -- to have a seasoned professional manager with other A-list clients."

SHIA LABEOUF did a good deed this week, when he left a restaurant to give a homeless guy in a wheelchair some lunch. A "source" says Shia shook his hand, said 'God bless you,' and came back to finish his food.

AMANDA BYNES seemed OUT OF HER MIND for a while, but apparently her insanity is a thing of the past . . . or so her people would have you believe. Her lawyer says Amanda hasn't commented about what's going on with her, because she wants to, quote, "keep her mental health diagnosis private." She adds, quote, "However, Amanda asked me to dispel certain rumors. For the record, she does not have schizophrenia, nor has she ever been diagnosed with it. Amanda currently is on zero medication. She has never had a history of abusing alcohol or hard drugs, and she's proud to say she's been marijuana-free for the past nine months."

LINDSAY LOHAN was on "Letterman" last night . . . and during her interview, she and Dave prank called OPRAH WINFREY. It wasn't much of a "prank call," but Dave did pretend to be Lindsay's secretary at first. It's unclear how much of it was planned, but Oprah DID seem surprised. When Dave asked Oprah how Lindsay was doing, she didn't have a ringing endorsement. She said, quote, "I think she's doing really OK . . .

Coldplay’s Chris Martin thinks his estranged wife Gwyneth Paltrow is spreading cheating rumors about him. A source told RadarOnline: “Chris now believes that Gwyneth is leaking rumors about his alleged trysts in an effort to smear his image and make him look less sympathetic. Gwyn is so angry that she’s threatening to turn the divorce ugly, saying she’s going to squeeze spousal support out of Chris, despite her multi-million dollar fortune.” The couple is worth $280 million but the source says Gwyneth could take Chris for an extra $25 million!

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp recently confirmed their engagement, and according to the actress' ex-boyfriend.... she is expecting her first child. Her ex, actor Mark Wystrach, said, "She's pregnant already! I saw her three weeks ago. Amber and I dated years ago but we are still close." This would be the first child for 27-year-old Amber while 50-year-old Depp has a 14-year-old daughter and an 11-year-old son with his former partner, Vanessa Paradis.

In the new issue of "Elle" magazine, MILEY CYRUS says she's lucky to have emerged from Disney to find herself . . . quote, "A lot of kid stars get all crazy or stuck in what they were, so they can't actually become what they're meant to be." She also claims she's the victim of a double standard because she can't grab her crotch and have "hos" around her without being criticized like male musicians supposedly can.

KANYE WEST raps about KIM KARDASHIAN on FUTURE'S new song "I Won". He talks about "putting an angel in [Kim's] ultrasound" and wanting to "dip that ass in gold". He also sucks up to the rest of her family, saying, quote, "You could look at Kylie, Kendall, Kourtney and Khloe . . . All your mama ever made was trophies, right?"

Kim Kardashian and family vacationed in Thailand last week, posting tons of photos and videos of their luxurious travels. But it turns out that Kim has also been taking scenic photos of Thailand straight off google, passing them off as her own. Kim posted a photo with the caption, “Thank you for the beautiful memories Thailand," but fans quickly noticed that the image was among the first that show up when you google search "Thailand Beach." Kim's latest post of cherry blossoms, isn't even of Thailand. It was taken in Japan.

Last summer, GWYNETH PALTROW reportedly "treated" her friends to a marathon of HER OWN MOVIES like "Shakespeare In Love" and "Seven". A source says, quote, "She's been trotting out the old movies for her friends, but most of them would rather watch paint dry. It was pretty embarrassing."

Some of the more annoying gossip magazines have been known to refer to SCARLETT JOHANSSON as "ScarJo" . . . and she does NOT like it. She tells "Glamour" magazine, quote, "I associate that name with, like, pop stars. It sounds tacky. It's lazy and flippant . . . there's something insulting about it."

Kanye West might have access to Hollywood's A-List crowd, but that's not the case for Kim Kardashian -- which is something that Kanye wants to change. According to RadarOnline, though Hollywood A-listers view Kanye as a "serious star that people really respect, especially as a businessman, they want nothing to do with Kim.” Pointing to Kim's exclusion from this year's Vanity Fair Oscar party, a source says, “Kim is just not welcome at the same places Kanye is,” adding that the same is true of her mother Kris Jenner. "People want Kris around even less than they want Kim.” But Kanye isn't going to take the snub lying down and apparently has been harassing Hollywood's elites to start showing his fiancée some love. And if his successful battle to get Kim on the cover of Vogue is any indication, he's going to force Hollywood to see things his way. “Kanye usually knows how to get what he wants. Whether it is going directly to a studio head or the person in charge of an event, he has no fear."

Kevin Federline sure doesn’t have a six pack on his stomach anymore, but he has one in the kid department. K-Fed's wife, Victoria Prince, gave birth to a new baby girl this weekend, making it Kevin's sixth child.

Lindsay Lohan keeps promising that she is sober again and isn’t doing anything to put her recovery in jeopardy even though she admitted she had “one glass of wine” shortly after leaving rehab. But RadarOnline says LiLo plans to go to the Coachella Music Festival with her alcohol loving mother, Dina, and friends are worried that this will cause her to be back on the bottle. That is, of course, if she hasn’t been on it already.

There’s a website out there that claims RIHANNA is pregnant . . . and the baby could be either DRAKE'S or CHRIS BROWN'S. There's a photo where it looks like Rihanna might have a slight baby bump. In the photo of the alleged baby bump, Rihanna is at a Starbucks with her dad. And "sources" say she got a DECAFFEINATED tea.

Also, sources say she has given up drinking AND smoking pot and cigarettes.

More personal photos of DEMI LOVATO have hit the Internet. In some, she's in bed with then-boyfriend WILMER VALDERRAMA. In others, she's naked. Demi Tweeted a picture of herself in boxing gloves, along with a Spanish phrase that means, quote, "I am strong. I am a fighter. Do not underestimate me."

SNOOKI and her fiancé JIONNI LAVALLE are expecting their second child. Snooki announced it Friday, adding, quote, "Now knowing that our test results are good and our baby is healthy, we can finally talk about it."

Justin Bieber is wearing out his welcome at home, too. Someone from Justin’s hometown RIPPED into him online, for acting like a punk during a recent visit to his local Walmart. He saw Justin and around 30 friends shining flashlights into young girls' faces . . . bouncing balls . . . throwing things . . . opening food . . . and harassing employees.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, took part in a spiritual healing ceremony while vacationing in the Bahamas last week. A friend close of the former couple claimed they took part in a beach ritual performed by a Kabbalah Rabbi on what they called their “break-up moon.” During the service, they read from a sacred Kabbalah book, lit a fire, used stones to symbolize their continuing concrete relationship and threw pebbles into the sea to represent their “wandering spirits.” They then read out: “Blessed are you in coming in and blessed are you in going out,” before sharing a parting kiss.